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The offender never pardons.
The offender never pardons.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.